Thread: Musical Composing in LD's?

Originally Posted by juiceyfruit1714

i think the only fail was to use the word "fail" to act like the original statement made complete sense.
"Thanks for clarifying".
-exactly.
I've tried a few times to ask my brain while i was asleep the "best riff that i could write" and have only came out with bits and pieces so it could definitely be done.

Actually I was being polite so you didn't feel stink. The original statement did make sense. Well at least it would to anyone with an IQ larger than a fruitfly's It should only take a neuron or three to figure out that the recording and emailing was done after waking. Obviously you can't record and email a song while dreaming and have it be received by someone in RL! Although no doubt some of the kookies in Beyond Dreaming would debate that!

Why not just laugh at yourself once in a while? After all, it is quite funny!

bro i think that's an awesome idea that i've thought of doing myself. but i think the thing youd need to concentrate on is remembering the song. i find when i write songs IRL i remember them gud as if i play them. for example ill get a melody when i'm in bed but if i dont play them on the guitar then i forget them. coz i memba what frets etc so mayb giv it a play in the dream. make sure you really remember it. mayb even try autosuggestion in the dream saying youll remember it when you wake up. otherwise it's awesome idea but yea just have a plan before you do it to avoid being pissed off when you wake up haha

im an amateur muso as well. ive played original songs (i play guitar) in nonlucid dreams and been able to remember them when i wake. the key is to get straight onto the guitar and play it, then write it down. it helps to play it before you write, keeps it fresher and then you dont get gaps, missing bars and such.

yes it can be done, it's a good way to get past writer's block but the problem is recalling what u have written in ur dream - i've been playing various instruments since i was 3, been playing bass for 20yrs, guitar and singing for about 14yrs and in bands for about 16 or so, didn't start writing until picked up the guitar...

i've had lucid dreams where i wrote lyrics and was able to recall a majority when i woke up, i have came up with guitar riffs & bass lines and even played shows at fictional venues with my band where we played songs i had written in the dream on the way to the show and re-played shows where i fixed previous mistakes, like deja-vu in a dream...

if i can think of any that i have recorded that were lucid i will post 'em - if u want a link to my band's myspace then PM me...

You would need to ASSIGN the proper note and tone to the keys you're going to press somehow.

Well somehow, the brain does it automatically (at least in my case it did) ^^

Originally Posted by juiceyfruit1714

i think the only fail was to use the word "fail" to act like the original statement made complete sense.
"Thanks for clarifying".
-exactly.
I've tried a few times to ask my brain while i was asleep the "best riff that i could write" and have only came out with bits and pieces so it could definitely be done.

Nah I think the 'fail' was quite in order.

HAVE to remember in my next LD to get out the baton and conduct.

I think it can be done. I've written poetry in dreams...but i forget if it was lucid or not.

Originally Posted by CorporalClegg

I'm an amateur musician, and one of the reasons why I want to learn to become lucid is because it seams like I might be able to come up with more creative pieces while I'm lucid. This is because I have had two regular dreams in the past where I have seen a band playing a song, except they are playing a song that has never been written. And they were actually very good pieces of music that I could have easily made into legit songs. Paul McCartney's "Yesterday" came to him in a dream btw. Just wondering if anyone has tried composing music in a lucid or if you think it can be done.

I would love to compose music in an LD! that is a top goal of mine! I can not wait to try it.

Good luck to you...

Originally Posted by juiceyfruit1714

i think the only fail was to use the word "fail" to act like the original statement made complete sense.
"Thanks for clarifying".
-exactly.
I've tried a few times to ask my brain while i was asleep the "best riff that i could write" and have only came out with bits and pieces so it could definitely be done.

Dude, it wasn't offensive.
Hence the xD and .
Everyone fails once in a while!


Anyway... My recall has been fading lately... I want to try this, but I don't know if it will be a wasted LD. It's hard for me to remember dream melodies even with good recall...

i asked another musician if he experienced that and he has, he does the same thing - writing riffs and playing shows, he said he can remember his new shit tho...

Originally Posted by paragon

How's that an advertisement for dream-composing? His arbitrary noises could have been made by anyone; awake, asleep or in a coma.

LOL, if you don't like electronic music, that's okay.
But this is a really dumb ass comment as you clearly have no idea what you're talking about.
If it's not your style, fine, say it sucks, fine, but don't make stupid comments like this.
This guy is a Master and has done a lot for electronic music. Way ahead of the rest (or at least used to be)

As for composing, I'd like to try it sometime.
Maybe practice standing in front of a large room, 'cause I still have some anxiety problems playing for people.

My third lucid dream (which happend to me yesterday) had music playing in it. You see I was at this dance club and there was this stereo playing music. It had music but no singing. I don't think the song that was playing is invented yet. I started dancing in my dream to the music. No one was dancing with me. So I (since I was lucid) started singing to myself "I'm dancing with myself" from the song I'm dancing with myself. Then eveybody there starts doing the irish jig behind my back in rows, which I find funny. I think it was the first time I ever had music in my lucid dream, a dream for that matter.

Originally Posted by paragon

Two of the famous examples are Yesterday, already mentioned, and Tartini's Devil's Trill Sonata, which came to him in a non-lucid dream. He immediately woke and attempted to jot the whole thing down but was so disappointed with his poor re-creation that he felt like giving up music altogether.

He sold his soul to the Devil for that song